Electronic device, control method, and program

Abstract

An electronic device comprises: a touchscreen display; and a controller configured to cause the touchscreen display to display a first key group and a second key group. The controller is configured to arrange the first key group along an edge of the touchscreen display, and arrange the second key group along the first key group.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. An electronic device, comprising:
 a touchscreen display; and 
 a controller configured to cause the touchscreen display to display a first key group and a second key group, 
 wherein the controller is configured to
 before detecting an input to the first key group on the touchscreen display,
 arrange the first key group in a predetermined direction along an edge of the touchscreen display, and 
 arrange the second key group along the first key group, and 
 
 after the first key group and the second key group are displayed, detect an input to the touchscreen display corresponding to the first key group or the second key group, 
 
 the controller is configured to, in response to detecting the input to one key of the first key group, cause the touchscreen display to change at least one character allocated to each key of the second key group associated with the one key of the first key group, 
 the touchscreen display is configured to detect a sliding operation from a first position on the touchscreen display to a second position on the touchscreen display, and 
 the controller is configured to
 determine the sliding operation as being performed in the first or second key group, based on a sliding angle between a direction of the sliding operation and the predetermined direction, and 
 determine the sliding operation as being performed in the second key group in response to the sliding angle being equal to or greater than a predetermined angle, wherein the predetermined angle is between the predetermined direction and a direction from the first position of the sliding operation detected in the first key group toward an end position of the second key group in the predetermined direction. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The electronic device according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the controller is configured not to arrange a key at a position opposite to a position at which the first key group and the second key group are arranged. 
 
     
     
       3. The electronic device according to  claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to determine the sliding operation as being performed in the first key group in response to the sliding angle being less than the predetermined angle. 
     
     
       4. A control method for an electronic device that includes a touchscreen display and a controller configured to cause the touchscreen display to display a first key group and a second key group, the control method comprising:
 before detecting an input to the first key group on the touchscreen display,
 arranging, by the controller, the first key group in a predetermined direction along an edge of the touchscreen display, and 
 arranging, by the controller, the second key group along the first key group, 
 
 after the first key group and the second key group are displayed, detecting, by the controller, an input to the touchscreen display corresponding to the first key group or the second key group, 
 in response to detecting the input to one key of the first key group, causing, by the controller, the touchscreen display to change at least one character allocated to each key of the second key group associated with the one key of the first key group, 
 detecting, by the touchscreen display, a sliding operation from a first position on the touchscreen display to a second position on the touchscreen display, 
 determining, by the controller, the sliding operation as being performed in the first or second key group, based on a sliding angle between a direction of the sliding operation and the predetermined direction, and 
 determining, by the controller, the sliding operation as being performed in the second key group in response to the sliding angle being equal to or greater than a predetermined angle, wherein the predetermined angle is between the predetermined direction and a direction from the first position of the sliding operation detected in the first key group toward an end position of the second key group in the predetermined direction. 
 
     
     
       5. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium which stores a program for controlling an electronic device that includes a touchscreen display and a controller configured to cause the touchscreen display to display a first key group and a second key group, wherein the program, when executed, causes the controller to:
 before detecting an input to the first key group on the touchscreen display,
 arrange the first key group in a predetermined direction along an edge of the touchscreen display, and 
 arrange the second key group along the first key group, 
 
 after the first key group and the second key group are displayed, detect an input to the touchscreen display corresponding to the first key group or the second key group, 
 in response to detecting the input to one key of the first key group, cause the touchscreen display to change at least one character allocated to each key of the second key group associated with the one key of the first key group, 
 cause the touchscreen display to detect a sliding operation from a first position on the touchscreen display to a second position on the touchscreen display, 
 determine the sliding operation as being performed in the first or second key group, based on a sliding angle between a direction of the sliding operation and the predetermined direction, and 
 determine the sliding operation as being performed in the second key group in response to the sliding angle being equal to or greater than a predetermined angle, wherein the predetermined angle is between the predetermined direction and a direction from the first position of the sliding operation detected in the first key group toward an end position of the second key group in the predetermined direction. 
 
     
     
       6. An electronic device, comprising:
 a touchscreen display configured to detect a sliding operation from a first position on the touchscreen display to a second position on the touchscreen display; and 
 a controller configured to cause the touchscreen display to display a first key group and a second key group, 
 wherein the controller is configured to
 arrange the first key group in a predetermined direction along an edge of the touchscreen display, 
 arrange the second key group along the first key group, 
 after the first key group and the second key group are displayed, detect an input to the touchscreen display corresponding to the first key group or the second key group, 
 determine the sliding operation as being performed in the first or second key group, based on a sliding angle between a direction of the sliding operation and the predetermined direction, and 
 in response to the sliding angle being equal to or greater than a predetermined angle, determine the sliding operation from the first position at one key among the first key group, across another key among the first key group, to the second position, as being performed in the second key group.